Aurélien Bayo grew up in Besançon, a quiet student town in eastern France, where he studied English and Cinema. At 22, he took a big leap and moved to the United States.

His work primarily consists of portraiture and landscape, and while it is rooted in a documentary tradition, it is heavily influenced by cinema and fiction. He navigates the balance between a desire to document people’s lives in a dignified, authentic way and a drive to transcend a purely literal approach by injecting a personal and lyrical vision.

orelienbayo@gmail.com